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Mar 19, 2008 18:49

I've been thinking...and I think the government doesn't really control anything. That's their trick. Their thing is just distraction. It's crucial that you and I be convinced that we actually do something as part of a society, a nation; that we serve a purpose outside of just being ( Read more... )

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btifulnightmare March 20 2008, 05:35:54 UTC
In a way you think just like I do... it's all the same, everyday. I do know somewhere there is a point to it all, but I'm tired of waiting for it.

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______shank March 20 2008, 11:06:19 UTC
The point I think is to just do your thing.

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hmm_chelsea March 20 2008, 08:33:07 UTC
Gobbledygook...on a larger scale?

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______shank March 20 2008, 11:02:46 UTC
What's gobbledygook?

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hmm_chelsea March 20 2008, 21:26:22 UTC
It is when people pile on big words when describing something to try to overwhelm and confuse their audience, or when someone just doesn't get to the point. (Mainly politicians) It is kind of like jargon or euphemisms, and people don't want to look stupid, so they nod their heads and pretend like they know what the person speaking is talking about. Like when landmines are called "area denial artillery munitions devices," or maybe when tampons are called "sanitary napkins?" I dunno. I'll find a real example...

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hmm_chelsea March 20 2008, 21:35:52 UTC
Found one:

Alan Greenspan was quoted saying, "It is a tricky problem to find the particular calibration in timing that would be appropriate to stem the acceleration in risk premiums created by falling incomes without prematurely aborting the decline in the inflation-generated risk premiums."

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